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**** near identical to Xbox Media ceter! If its based on the same engine its all XML configurable. Which is really easy to modify and customize Nice link mate...somthing to consider for a small custome home theater system |Drew|

First off Jeremy PLZ use eazyshare. You can find a link in my sig. You have been asked to do this many time in the past. Respect the rules: As for your issues, i kinda of am let to belive this might be casued by an over nlited xp....consider living some more of the critical windows components. However if it was working b4 its strage that it just stoped out of nowhere. I would consider a repair or reinstall |Drew|

Im a big fan of the xbox myself... I used them as linux server, Media center, and legacy gaming console replacement. However: Thanks Topic Closed

Cause Im a tech/sales and in the past 3 years I have seen about 500% more Maxtors fail then WD or Seagate. Just going off numbers not personal pref or brand loyality |Drew|

Depends. First off...just DONT get Maxtor. If your getting a WD id say no..OEM and retail both get you a 3year...but if you really want the drive format tools on floppy and and ide cable, then get the Retail...but then again you will pay more. Segate Retails generally do have thye extended 5 year however segates that DO have them are generally more expensive..and in all honestly i rarly keep drives longer then the 3 years.... However, bottem line its up to you. |Drew|

Topic Clean up OEM vs Retail: -Some oem drives have limited warrenties -Oem generally only come in static bags. No box, cables, or instructions Side Notes: All Maxtor drives are 1 year limited warenty retail and oem All Western digital JB aka Special Edition drives have 3 year warenties oem or retail Seagate oem have 3 year while their retail has 5 year (typically) |Drew|

It will be back soon.... We just have to work out some unexpected isses with the interface and headrers. |Drew|

New Site design Statment |Drew|

Not everyone is gonna like it... However i think its really nice! Looks great and sleek Cant wait to see the forum in matching design Well Done Xper |Drew|

Dood my bad! Happy bday un4given! Cheers! |Drew|

Topic Moved Not too bad of a price. However the PSU is not the best i would highly reccomend a Enermax 2.0 385w or higher Just looking on some online aswell as instore prices and its about average price |Drew|

Im not entily sure a program like this is avaible on the market. However im sure you could pay a entry level programmer that has experince in VB, C++ and or .Net to make a very simple app to take care of this issue of yours. Maybe ever a memebr around here might be able to help you out. |Drew|

SATA and IDE can be used at the same time without any issues what soever. |Drew|

Sp2 really isent ment to be installed over the top of a currently running Xp. Like others have stared follow the slipstrem guides on MSFN homepage that can help you avoid these types of issues. Commenly when a systems has a prexisting install of windows, the user has obtained some adware, spyware malware and even viruses. In addition to that a mass amount of aplications that are not fully supported by Sp2. When you install ontop of this existing mess of software many issues(Like the problems your finding) Reinstall with a slipstreamed Sp2 Xp and you will be golden |Drew|

Sounds like one of these: 1. Bad WinXp Cd 2. Bad Cd-Drive 3. Bad IDE cable And lastly maybe a bad HDD, however this option is not suerp likly...but one to investigate |Drew|

Try using the run command "sfc /scannow " (without the "") It will request the Xp Cd. From there it will replace windows most critical files. PS. Turn off caps...we can all read without them |Drew|

Best that i have used is RegSupreme I belive they went from freeware to commercial a bit ago... |Drew|

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For large images plz you a link. Large images take time to load for some of or non cable or dsl users and the mess with the forums alignment Thankx |Drew|

Bad sectors are either sections of the hard Drive that have damaged or stacked up corrupted data. Windows will automatically section off these sectors as to avoid any isses with writing data to these damaged regions of the Hard Drive. Commenly a Low level format or Zero fill can fix many of these isses. Due to the fact that commenly the drive is not damaged...it just thinks it is... Find out the maker of the drive and download their disk utilities...commenly they have a Low level formater and diagnosic boot disk that can fix or inform you about the drive. |Drew|

Connect each side of the crossover cable to the Pc's NIC Cards. Setup homesetwork with the Network Wizard.....and your done |Drew|

I have have pretty good luck with most hardwire routers from linksys If your looking for somthing highend on a biz lvl. Go with Cisco... However for home use a Linksys will do just fine |Drew|

Mines better! |Drew|